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Having examined England's twin obsessions - violence and sex - in THE FOOTBALL FACTORY and HEADHUNTERS, John King completes his trilogy with ENGLAND AWAY: sex and violence abroad, under the Union Jack. The novel works on three levels - past, present and future - as pensioner Bill Farrell remembers his war experiences in a London pub, Tommy Johnson fights his way through Holland and Germany for an England football match in Berlin, and Harry considers the future fuelled by doses of Dutch skunk and German speed. John King's powerful new novel looks at notions of what it means to be English. Exploring stereotypes of language and nationalism, the primal pulls of lust and aggression, ENGLAND AWAY culminates in a unity of the tribes and a blitzkreig in the streets of Berlin.
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England Away works on three levels - past, present and future - as pensioner Bill Farrell remembers his war experiences in London, Tommy Johnson fights his way through Holland and Germany for an England football match in Berlin, and Harry Roberts considers the future fuelled by doses of Dutch skunk and German speed. Exploring stereotypes of language and nationalism, the primal pulls of lust and aggression, England Away culminates in a unity of the tribes and a blitzkrieg through the streets of Berlin.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I´ve first into John King when I watched Football Factory on dvd. Then I ordered the book and it was surprisingly intense, even better then the movie. Got hooked and ordered England Away.
Thought I´d be tired of his style, but it didn´t happen at all. England Away is as good as Footy Factory, but a lot different. The book is more focused on geography and differences between England and the continent, and it seems more mature than FF.
Thought I´d be tired of his style, but it didn´t happen at all. England Away is as good as Footy Factory, but a lot different. The book is more focused on geography and differences between England and the continent, and it seems more mature than FF.
You can divide the book in three:
First this Tommy Johnson, main character of Football Factory, fancying a good fight and an ass kicking in Deutschland for the pride of his mother England.
Second, Bill Farrell, this veteran of war, going away with his old comrades and remembering the ghosts of the past, his wife and the guys whe killed in Germany. Personally, I´m very interested in WWII, so I thought those moments in the book were very rich and accurate.
And the third part is at the look of Harry, this fat hool who´s more worried about women, but stills want some punch-up. Harry is the responsible for the best humour King can offer. The parts on the ferry and in Berlin watching the fight made me laugh very loudly, almost waking people in my house.
It doesn´t have all that fighting of Football Factory, but seems a better constructed book. While you had some dull chapters in FF like the journalists and go on, focusing the book only on Harry, Tommy and Bill hold your attention all the time.
Go buy it now if you like King style, football, drugs, WWII or only likes to read a pleasant book with strong characters and the best british humour.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Third in King's loose triology on a group of Chelsea supporters and their lives both inside and outside of football. This book is closer to The Football Factory in content although the action takes place in Europe as opposed to the grounds of the premier league. The book is fast paced and the dialogue and action scenes are, as ever in Kings works, highly realistic. I felt as if I was on the streets of Amsterdam with these guys! It's an interesting work in that it chronicles two seperate lives throughout the book, switching between between the two at random and offering the reader a number of ironic comparisons. Try Headhunters, the second in the current series, if you don't relate to football, it is a little less dark and at times outright funny. There is no doubt that King is one of the most exciting of the current crop of younger English writers.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Another excellent book from King, this one is touch below his previous work if only because it is a little more disjointed and ambitious. There are three narratives at work here: a pensioner recalls his WWII experience and what it all means, a football hooligan travels to Berlin via Holland for a England vs. Germany match, with plenty of violence along the way, and Harry Roberts (seen in Headhunters) travels with Tom and others, but goes off on his own and discovers what the new Europe has on offer. Thus, we get the violence and sex themes from King's previous two books, but mixed in with thoughts on the EU, international bankers and politicians, and so forth. Well worth reading if you like his other stuff.
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Spot on my son!
Basically, if you like the first two, you'll definately like this as it's even better. It seems to finish off the trilogy nicely. Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2009 by J. Hodgson
Another Gem!
England Away follows a group of Chelsea hooligans drinking, fighting and picking up women on their way to a Germany v England bust-up in the late nineties. Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2003 by R. P. Sedgwick
Football hooligans arrive in Europe – beware…
If you’ve read other John King books you may expect based on the title that the book’s about football hooligans who follow England and get involved in punch-ups. Read more
Published on 25 July 2003 by Darren Simons
A book about hooligans? ... maybe
Definately King's best book, including his later work. The story of a group of England fans travelling to an away match in Berlin is told from three different perspectives. Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2002 by Mike Bostock
sensitive
If you can read beyond the vocabulary-the obscenities which we all have used at one time or other-this book is follows 3 characters. Read more
Published on 19 Oct 2001
Tedious
I had to read this book for a university book review. It was meant to broaden my views of sport in different cultures but all this book did was bore my stupid. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2001
England expects & England Away delivers!
I loved The Football Factory and Headhunters, but out of the three books in the trilogy England Away is my favourite. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2001
sub-East Enders fare
Bland, repetitive, monotonous. Records the time killing thoughts, words and deeds of working class football fans. Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2000 by S. Clark
What it means to be English in England today
After reading the Headhunters and the Football Factory I eagerly awaited England Away. I was not let down. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 1999
More atmoshere than a London derby
Like a very good game of football, Kings books are full of atmosphere. England Away may be the last in King's current series of books that concern urban life and football culture... Read more
Published on 4 July 1999
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